End-gate for wagons.



W. H. PALMER. END GATE, FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1906.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

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WILLIAM H. PALMER, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2'7, 1908.

Application filed July 2, 1906. Serial No. 324,342.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamic and State ofIowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates forWagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in end-gates for wagons;and has for its object to provide an inexpensive, durable, and efficientdevice of this character which will be effective for the purposedesigned.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointedout in the claims herewith appended, it being understood that variouschanges in form, proportion and minor details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the princi le or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of t e invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters ofreference denote similar parts throughout the several views Figure 1, isa plan view of the rear end of a wagon-box with my improved end-gate andparts applied thereto. Fig. 2, is an end view thereof. Fig. 3, is aperspective view of the end-gate. Fig. 4, is a transverse-sec tion ofthe side-board, and hinged cleat taken on line XX of Fig. 1, showing themeans for locking said hinged cleat. Fig. 5, is a detail perspectiveview of one of the cleats, while Fig. 6, is a detail perspective view ofthe hinged cleat.

In the drawings, A, designates a wagonbox having the ordinaryside-boards B, and B.

On the interior side and near the end of the side-board B, are rigidlysecured the cleats 1 and 2, which run parallel to one another and spacedfar enough apart to allow one end of the end-gate to work therebetween,as clearly shown. The cleat 2 is provided upon its interior side withthe loop strap 3, the object of which will be described hereinafter.

Similar to cleat 1 and located in a corresponding position on theinterior of the opposite side-board B, is the cleat 4 which is providedwith recesses or cut-out portions 5. To the rear of this cleat 4 andoccupying the same relative position to cleat 4 which cleat 2, does tocleat 1, is the cleat 6, which is hinged to the side-board B, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2 by means of suitable hinges 7. This cleat 6 is providedwith the recess or grooved part 8, and the opening 9 which decreases indiameter as at 10.

The end-gate C, it will be noticed has one of its corners rounded orbeveled as at 11, so that in turning the end-gate and taking it out,this corner of the end-gate will not interfere with cleat 1, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. This end-gate is provided upon its exterior side andthe right hand end with the L shaped strap 12, having the rounded andcurved end 13, which passes through the looped strap 3 and engages thesame thus acting as a hinge for the end-gate to swing on, and furtherprevents the side-board B from spreading outward.

Similar to strap 12 and secured upon the interior of the end-gate C isthe L shaped strap 14 having its angular end rounded as at 15. Thisstrap it will be observed, has its rounded end pass through the end-gateas shown at 16, so that this end will work within the recess or groove8, and engage the rounded surface of cleat 6, thus preventing spreadingof side-board B. The corner 17, of this strap 14, lies within the recess15, of cleat 4 when in a locked position as shown in full lines inFig. 1. The rounded end 15, is embedded in the end of the end-gate C, asclearly shown in Fig. 3, so that the outer surface thereof will notextend beyond the surface 18, of the end-gate O. The endgate C, isfurther provided upon its exterior side and near the left end with thehand hold or strap 19, so that the operator may easily and readily swingthe end-gate outward by means of this hand-hold.

I will now describe the means for locking the hinged cleat in a lockedposition. The locking means consists of bolt 20, having thescrew-threaded enlarged end 21, the remaining half of the bolt isreduced in diameter to extend through the small or reduced opening 10,and is provided with the head 21, so that the head may be grasped andturned to either lock or unlock the hinged cleat. The enlarged end 22 ofthe lockingbolt having the threaded end 22, passes through an opening inthe side-board B and is screwed into the wagon-box strap 23 as clearlyshown in Fig. 4. It is impossible for this bolt to become lost as theenlarged end 22, of the bolt, works within the large and may be brieflystated as follows: The" operator in opening or to take out the endgateturns the head 21, to the left, thereby releasing the threaded end 22from the threaded opening in boX- strap 23, the hinged cleat is thenopened or turned to position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1,

when operator then takes hold of the handle or hand-hold 19, and swingsend ate outward as shown in Fig. 1 in dotted ines. It should be observedthat in swinging the endgate, the round end 13, of strap 12,.acts asahinge as the end-gate swings on it, by reason ofthe rounded end passingthrough the looped box-strap 3. In placing the endgate on the end of thewagon, the operator inserts the round end 13 of strap 12- through thelooped portion of strap 3, swings the opposite end of end-gate in untilthe interior side engages cleat 4, when the cleat 6, is then closed andlooked as clearly shown in Figs.

1 and 4. It should also be observed that by means of the straps 12 and14 that it is impossible for the side-boards B and B, of thewagon-box-to spread.

Having thus described my invention what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent is The'combination, with a pair of parallel cleatssecured to one side of a wagon-box, one of said cleats having a loopedbox strap secured thereto, and a pair of parallel cleats se cured to theopposite side of said wagon-box, one of said cleats being pivotallysecured thereto and provided with a 'rooved face or recess, and a onepiece detac iable end-gate provided at opposite ends and upon eitherside with an L shaped strap the angular end ofone of said strapsengagingthe looped boX strap and the angular end of'the other strap adapted tolie in and engage the inner grooved surface of the pivotally heldcleatto prevent upward or outward movement of the end-gate.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H: PALMER. Witnesses M. B. GROUT, FREDK. J. LARSON.

